Asghar Farhadi Denies He Plagiarized ‘A Hero’: ‘My Film Is Not Based on the Documentary’
The Iranian Oscar-winner was grilled at the Cannes Jury press conference.
The Iranian Oscar-winner was grilled at the Cannes Jury press conference.
The guilty verdict for the Oscar-winning director, who allegedly took the concept of “A Hero” from a former film student, is not final, according to sources.
Farhadi has denied all accusations and filed a countersuit, but his former student says the idea for “A Hero” came from a documentary she made as part of his class.
“I always wanted my films to have actors where their faces are anonymous,” writer-director Asghar Farhadi exclusively told IndieWire.
Exclusive: The Iranian director says he wanted to explore why so-called “heroes” are held to impossibly high standards in society.
The Iranian auteur’s latest triumph, “A Hero,” follows a body of work in which there are no heroes or villains — just humanity.
Farhadi was joined by the fellow filmmakers for a conversation about how his films capture the greys in a society that operates in a moral binary on the surface.
Farhadi’s latest Cannes-winning drama is Iran’s official Oscar entry for the 2022 Academy Awards.
“A Hero” is Iran’s official Oscar entry for Best International Feature.
A man in prison for an unpaid debt finds a random bag of money in Asghar Farhadi’s ethical melodrama about good deeds gone bad.